: About Me

Barb Hopkins is a stay-at-home mom with a degree in Theatre Arts Management. Prior to her current position, she worked professionally as a marketing director for the Illinois Shakespeare Festival.

During her marketing career she wrote many press releases, public service announcements and several local and regional radio commercials. As a volunteer for events like The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life, she has contributed articles for local newspapers. As a member of MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) she created and wrote the group's monthly newsletter.

Barb is an avid reader and even spent four years as the Preschool Reading Program Leader at her local District Library. She has written one unpublished book and has a second Young Adult novel in progress.

Since joining Helium she has been challenged when writing some articles and has experienced sheer joy with others. She looks forward to writing each day because she knows just how powerful the written word is and how what she writes can influence others.

Other writing by Barb can be found on Associated Content under the name B. Hopkins. Barb's blog is located at Blogspot.com under I Am Writer Mom.

My passion is ...

my family

I know too much about ...

random movie quotes.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a writer or a singing waitress

My favorite memory ...

I am fortunate to have too many to list.

Why I write ...

Because it is a great escape!

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

listening a very eclectic playlist

My first job ...

K-Mart clerk

My inspiration ...

The alphabet. . .it's amazing what you can do with 26 letters!

Home & Garden > Household Cleaning How to clean the inside of the microwave

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Exploding butter, lava-like spaghetti sauce, and splattered soup are some of the everyday messes that must be cleaned from our kitchen microwave. Cleaning out the insides of a microwave does not have to be difficult or time-consuming. * General Cleaning To clean the inside of a microwave that has not seen a recent food explosion is quick and easy. Most units have removable glass turntables. Remove the turntable, wash in warm soapy water, rinse and dry thoroughly. Handle the turntable carefully as they can become slippery when wet. Before returning the turntable, using a wet dishcloth or sp...

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